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| Young Russians are fed up, and the Kremlin has taken notice; Go millennials! | |
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| Eddo26 | Mar 31 2017, 12:16 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/30/europe/russia-youth-protests-corruption/index.html The thousands of Russians who took to the streets over the weekend may not have vented their fury directly at Vladimir Putin, but the President certainly took note of the message. After the largest mass demonstrations in years, when crowds across the country took part in anti-corruption rallies, the Interior Ministry has warned that it will use the full extent of its powers to confront any future unauthorized gatherings. But the warning has not impressed or deterred a younger generation of protesters who are fed up with rampant nepotism, exasperated by the lack of accountability, and stifled by the lack of opportunities on offer in Russia today. Their grievances are directed less at Putin himself than at a system that has institutionalized graft and accelerated inequality. In some ways they are reminiscent of the frustration of younger, educated Arabs in Cairo and Tunis in 2011, but it is unclear if Russia's anti-corruption movement can effect real change. Edited by Eddo26, Mar 31 2017, 12:21 AM.
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| Eddo26 | Mar 31 2017, 12:18 AM Post #2 |
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As with the US, bright people are the future of Russia. |
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| Drudge X | Mar 31 2017, 12:50 AM Post #3 |
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Russia has no future. |
| Kate Steinle was separated from her family permanently but leftists didn't seem to mind. | |
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| Siberian | Mar 31 2017, 01:34 AM Post #4 |
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Of course Putin is robbering Russia, as well as its elite does. Though now not so much as they were in 90s when IMF and US advisers guided privatisation which was just a giant theft. Bur I wonder what is the difference with the EU and US when the government persues policy of privatization (by big banks) of profits and nationalisation of losses. All that debt which was burying the big banks - now it's transferred to the debt of the state, i.e. all tax payers are to pay. It's a giant theft of private property and money of all Americans. Let alone other CORRUPTION which according to Western experts is AS MUCH COMMON IN THE US as in Russia, but Americans don't protest against it being brainwashed to think they live in the best country on Earth.
Edited by Siberian, Mar 31 2017, 01:44 AM.
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| Goood morning GULAG!!! | |
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| Eddo26 | Mar 31 2017, 02:27 AM Post #5 |
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Difference is we have Bernie. Who do you have to fight against big banks? |
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| Robert Stout | Mar 31 2017, 02:35 AM Post #6 |
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You may have Bernie, but Bernie now has a house on the lake....The young in Russia demonstrate in the hope of being paid....The young in America demonstrate in the hope of getting laid...If the young are our future, the world is screwed............. :oyvey Edited by Robert Stout, Mar 31 2017, 02:36 AM.
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| Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid | |
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| Eddo26 | Mar 31 2017, 03:08 AM Post #7 |
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What's wrong with saving up life retirement to buy a $600,000 house as opposed to someone whose travel to golf clubs costs $10,000,000 in one month? |
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| Siberian | Mar 31 2017, 03:44 AM Post #8 |
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Eddo, in 1991 birth rate collapsed in Russia and started to grow only in 2005-10 approximately, those who are 15-25 years old, who may make a revolution - are the smallest generation of people in Russia after WWII. Unemployment in Russia now is also very low, about 5-6% , I don't remember exact figures. These young people have no problems in life at all, they are extremely required by employers and have exxelent opportunities. So, I am afraid no revolutions can happen in Russia in nearest decades. I don't know if it's bad or good, older I get more I like evolution, even with such an American puppet as Putin. Edited by Siberian, Mar 31 2017, 03:46 AM.
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| Goood morning GULAG!!! | |
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